Bertie knows how to keep his distance

KEEP your friends close, but your enemies closer — that’s Fianna Fáil’s unwritten programme for government.

The day before leaving office, Dick Roche signed the Tara order, for which John Gormley will be held accountable. Under ordinary circumstances in any company, the boss is responsible ultimately for the actions of his or her employees.

But no one expects accountability from Bertie Ahern. There is not a murmur of regret from him regarding the Tara/Skryne Valley.